Hat-holder.



PATBNTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

W. W. PICKENS.

HAT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 190a.

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IVILLIAM WV. PIOKENS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed April 6, 1906. Serial No. 310,336.

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and usefulHatHolder, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding hats and similar articles,and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and

eflicient holder capable of being quickly at tached to or detached froma chair or other suitable support and which may be compactly folded whennot in use, so as to permit the same to be conveniently carried in thepocket.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder com )rising asupporting-ring formed of a pluraiity of pivoted members movablelaterally to open position and provided with interlocking ends, saidring being provided with a depending suspension device for supporting ahat or other article.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve thisclass of devices so as to add to their utility and durability, as wellas to reduce the cost of manufacture.

l/Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it beingunderstood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat-holder constructed in accordancewith my invention, showing the same in position on one of the verticalrails of a chair-back. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thesupporting-ring detached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the holder,showing the same supported on one of the horizontal rounds of the chair.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The improved holder consists of a supporting-ring comprising a pair ofpivoted members 5 and 6, one of which is bifurcated, as indicated at 7,for the reception of the reduced end 8 of the adjacent member andthrough which passes a pivot-pin 9, whereby said members are free tomove laterally to open and closed position. The free end of t e member 6is bent to form a terminal hook 10, adapted to engage an eye 11, formedby bending the free end of the member 5, as shown, whereby the ring maybe conveniently locked 'in position on the back of a chair or othersuitable support.

Depending from the supporting-ring is a suspension device, preferably inthe form of a spring-clasp 12, of any approved construction, said claspbeing adapted to support a hat or other article, as indicated at 13. Oneof the clamping-jaws of the clasp 12 is extended beyond the end of theadjacent jaw and is curved laterally to form a loop 14 for the receptionof the supporting-ring. The diameter of the loop 14 is greater than thatof the supporting-ring, whereby the clasp 12 may be adjusted on thering, so as to support the hat at any desired position.

Attention is called to the fact that the pivotal or hinged connectionbetween the members 5 and 6 is disposed flush with the upper surface ofthe ring, so as to permit the loop 14 to slide, over the hinge when theclasp is adjusted.

In using the device the members 5 and 6 are placed in position on thesupport (indicated at 15) and the hook 10 inserted in the eye 11,thereby clamping the ring on said support. The clasp is then adjustedlongitudinally to the desired position and the hat or other articleinserted between the clam ing-jaws of the clasp 12 by depressing t 1emovable jaw in the usual manner. In order to remove the device, it ismerely necessary to release the hook 11, when the supportingring may bequickly detached. By having the suspension device or clasp slidably andpivotally mounted on the supporting-ring the clasp may be folded withinthe ring, so as to permit the holder to be conveniently car ried in thepocket when not in use. It will thus be seen that there is provided anextremely simple and inexpensive device admirably adapted for theattainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A device of theclass described, comprising a supporting-ring formed of aplurality of myown I have hereto affixed my signature pivoted members movable laterallyto open in the presence of two witnesses. position and provided Withinterlocking ends, WILLIAM W PIOKENS and a spring-clasp depending fromthe ring 5 and pivotallymoun'te'd for slidable movement Witnesses:

thereon. THOMAS MOABTHUR,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J OSEPH DUFFEY.

